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Overall Esports Stats For 2018


Total Prize Money: $171,260,572.67
Total Tournaments: 5089
Total Active Players: 24852
Mean Tournament Prize Pool: $33,653.09
Mean Earnings/Player: $6,891.22
Median Tournament Prize Pool: $1,500.00
Median Earnings/Player: $600.00




Top Players of 2018 for Chess.com

Chess.com$170,424.0191 Players15 Tournaments
 Player IDPlayer NameTotal (Year)Total (Game)% of GameTotal (Overall)% of Total
1.United States HikaruHikaru Nakamura$28,507.92$681,769.254.18%$1,054,808.712.70%
2.Norway DrNyktersteinMagnus Carlsen$19,025.11$451,533.904.21%$1,509,151.021.26%
3.United States GMWSOWesley So$13,842.80$448,147.213.09%$895,061.641.55%
4.Russian Federation GrischukAlexander Grischuk$7,654.95$92,388.088.29%$174,525.164.39%
5.Armenia Zaven_ChessMoodZaven Andriasyan$6,834.50$8,212.2283.22%$9,587.2271.29%
6.Russian Federation SergeyKarjakinSergey Karjakin$6,082.85$13,105.0746.42%$31,105.0719.56%
7.Armenia LevonAronianLevon Aronian$5,924.63$137,711.134.30%$458,030.431.29%
8.United States FabianoCaruanaFabiano Caruana$5,325.00$225,570.952.36%$390,999.561.36%
9.Armenia amanukyan1Artak Manukyan$5,150.00$5,150.00100.00%$5,150.00100.00%
10.France LyonBeastMaxime Vachier-Lagrave$5,075.03$198,931.142.55%$320,009.751.59%
11.Armenia Rain_ManSamvel Ter-Sahakyan$5,000.00$17,300.0028.90%$18,588.8826.90%
12.Armenia MARDAKERXXXKaren Grigoryan$5,000.00$5,000.00100.00%$5,000.00100.00%
13.Poland Polish_fighter3000Jan-Krzysztof Duda$4,719.48$108,569.744.35%$312,009.741.51%
14.Netherlands AnishGiriAnish Giri$4,012.97$114,035.543.52%$376,489.151.07%
15.Russian Federation lachesisQIan Nepomniachtchi$2,516.76$180,911.401.39%$428,339.030.59%
16.China Ni-HuaNi, Hua$2,500.00$4,722.2252.94%$4,722.2252.94%
17.China xxysoul6Xu, Xiangyu$2,500.00$4,250.0058.82%$4,250.0058.82%
18.China chesswyWang, Yue$2,500.00$3,900.0064.10%$3,900.0064.10%
19.China RuotChu, Ruotong$2,500.00$2,500.00100.00%$2,500.00100.00%
20.India viditchessVidit Gujrathi$2,343.58$50,676.864.62%$83,456.862.81%
21.Russian Federation Alexander_MoskalenkoAlexander Moskalenko$1,275.00$3,686.8034.58%$3,686.8034.58%
22.Armenia tigranlpetrosyanTigran Petrosian$1,275.00$3,018.3442.24%$3,018.3442.24%
23.Cuba SebastianLeinier Domínguez Pérez$1,074.60$42,662.932.52%$120,062.930.90%
24.China JuwenJu, Wenjun$1,000.00$40,557.972.47%$49,557.972.02%
25.United States daro94Dariusz Świercz$1,000.00$4,624.0021.63%$10,124.009.88%
26.United States GMAkobianSTLVaruzhan Akobian$1,000.00$7,450.0013.42%$7,450.0013.42%
27.Ukraine Cruel_YaroYaroslav Zherebukh$1,000.00$2,504.5039.93%$2,504.5039.93%
28.United States amurdercastleForest Chen$1,000.00$1,000.00100.00%$1,000.00100.00%
29.Azerbaijan GadimbayliAAbdulla Gadimbayli$975.00$3,879.3625.13%$3,990.0124.44%
30.Russian Federation Korchmar_VasiliyVasiliy Korchmar$867.00$1,012.0085.67%$1,012.0085.67%
31.Azerbaijan GGuseinovGadir Guseinov$711.54$12,311.545.78%$12,929.595.50%
32.Germany GeorgMeierGeorg Meier$672.73$26,739.902.52%$29,190.922.30%
33.Norway gmjlhJon Ludvig Hammer$653.50$4,014.2816.28%$4,014.2816.28%
34.Russian Federation OgrillaGrigoriy Oparin$650.00$36,146.191.80%$36,573.931.78%
35.Russian Federation sergiochess83Sergey Grigoriants$592.86$2,618.1922.64%$2,618.1922.64%
36.Armenia Micki-taryanHaik Martirosyan$550.00$18,628.312.95%$19,778.312.78%
37.Azerbaijan AzerichessssShakhriyar Mamedyarov$544.50$40,927.581.33%$171,506.360.32%
38.Russian Federation tigraBoris Savchenko$500.00$4,000.0012.50%$4,500.0011.11%
39.Iran, Islamic Republic of Fighterman91Pouria Darini$500.00$500.00100.00%$500.00100.00%
40.Slovenia GM_DonnatelloJure Borisek$500.00$500.00100.00%$500.00100.00%
41.Slovenia MichelangeloLuka Lenič$500.00$500.00100.00%$500.00100.00%
42.Slovenia SplinterDusko Pavasovi$500.00$500.00100.00%$500.00100.00%
43.Slovenia Vercingetorix99Luka Skuhala$500.00$500.00100.00%$500.00100.00%
44.Armenia mukhin1Aram Hakobyan$450.00$40,500.001.11%$40,645.001.11%
45.Russian Federation EvgenyTEvgeny Tomashevsky$450.00$7,475.006.02%$7,475.006.02%
46.China yifan0227Hou, Yifan$444.48$85,206.690.52%$87,706.690.51%
47.United States AkshatChandraAkshat Chandra$421.00$1,096.0038.41%$1,281.0032.86%
48.Canada erichansenEric Hansen$403.50$25,040.041.61%$57,570.470.70%
49.United States jefferyxJeffery Xiong$387.10$115,899.900.33%$187,199.190.21%
50.United States penguingm1Andrew Tang$375.00$53,794.000.70%$83,010.020.45%
51.China LOVEVAEWei, Yi$368.79$26,948.011.37%$58,698.010.63%
52.Hungary LordillidanRichárd Rapport$351.85$12,416.372.83%$61,356.370.57%
53.Russian Federation danyuffaDaniil Yuffa$325.00$325.00100.00%$811.9040.03%
54.Iran, Islamic Republic of Arash_TahbazArash Tahbaz$325.00$475.0068.42%$475.0068.42%
55.Uzbekistan TjktigerDaler Vakhidov$325.00$325.00100.00%$325.00100.00%
56.United States dretchConrad Holt$312.50$4,134.297.56%$4,134.297.56%
57.United States KonavetsSamuel Sevian$292.00$89,709.740.33%$110,644.740.26%
58.United States gkchesstigerGataulla Kamsky$292.00$36,770.970.79%$37,020.970.79%
59.Russian Federation petrpalachevPetr Palachev$225.00$225.00100.00%$225.00100.00%
60.Australia B_ClarkeBrandon Clarke$200.00$200.00100.00%$200.00100.00%
61.Russian Federation drop_stoneDavid Paravyan$125.00$66,094.850.19%$70,324.850.18%
62.Serbia arctic_t00Teodora Injac$125.00$125.00100.00%$125.00100.00%
63.Armenia Hrant_ChessMoodHrant Melkumyan$117.00$7,379.501.59%$7,379.501.59%
64.Iran, Islamic Republic of Firouzja2003Alireza Firouzja$104.50$260,653.790.04%$401,968.090.03%
65.Azerbaijan muisbackRauf Mamedov$100.00$33,603.330.30%$37,922.780.26%
66.Ukraine eljanovPavel Eljanov$100.00$16,742.220.60%$17,138.850.58%
67.United Kingdom VerdeNotteGawain Jones$100.00$2,632.263.80%$11,218.790.89%
68.Russian Federation koksik_13Maxim Lugovskoy$100.00$400.0025.00%$400.0025.00%
69.Estonia Gusto_FruttaSander Kukk$100.00$100.00100.00%$100.00100.00%
70.Russian Federation ChessQueenAlexandra Kosteniuk$83.33$32,785.640.25%$38,111.310.22%
71.Ukraine severomorskijAleksandr Moiseenko$83.33$1,964.334.24%$1,964.334.24%
72.Cuba TenisMasterYuniesky Quesada Pérez$83.33$408.3320.41%$958.338.70%
73.Argentina ZapataCharlesSSantiago Zapata Charles$83.33$95.8386.96%$95.8386.96%
74.Ukraine ViktorMatviishenViktor Matviishen$83.33$83.33100.00%$83.33100.00%
75.Russian Federation Borsch7Maxim Matlakov$75.00$44,773.920.17%$44,808.920.17%
76.Russian Federation RakhmanatorAleksandr Rakhmanov$75.00$7,525.001.00%$7,671.630.98%
77.Russian Federation FairChessDmitry Andreikin$62.50$178,827.110.03%$181,752.110.03%
78.India swayamsmMishra Swayams$62.50$177.4235.23%$177.4235.23%
79.Iran, Islamic Republic of amintabatabaeiSeyyed Mohammad Amin Tabatabaei$42.00$31,771.770.13%$32,071.770.13%
80.Ukraine Mykola-BortnykMykola Bortnyk$42.00$4,842.000.87%$5,692.000.74%
81.Armenia Shant7777777Shant Sargsyan$25.00$15,031.000.17%$15,906.000.16%
82.Russian Federation Sanan_SjugirovSanan Sjugirov$25.00$9,709.000.26%$14,384.000.17%
83.Azerbaijan ahmadzada13Ahmad Ahmadzada$25.00$25.00100.00%$467.595.35%
84.Israel AvitalBorAvital Boruchovsky$25.00$358.196.98%$358.196.98%
85.Russian Federation BocharovDDmitry Bocharov$25.00$136.0018.38%$136.0018.38%
86.Brazil besztokBernardo Vainzoff Sztokbant$25.00$25.00100.00%$25.00100.00%
87.Russian Federation jerom555888Roman Zhenetl$25.00$25.00100.00%$25.00100.00%
88.United States RLH2Robert Hess$21.00$7,781.970.27%$7,781.970.27%
89.Russian Federation maximlavrovMaxim Lavrov$21.00$21.00100.00%$96.0021.88%